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Quiz about Starfleet Academy Engineering Exam

Starfleet Academy: Engineering Exam Quiz

Would you make the right decisions given the following circumstances? Choose what decision was made on the shows, not what you would do.

A multiple-choice quiz by ladymacb29. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
ladymacb29

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
161,439

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
2006

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Top 10% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. According to a Scottish engineer, what should you tell your captain when he asks how long a repair will take? Hint

You can't estimate the time - things can go wrong, things can go faster than normal... you never know.

Tell the captain exactly how long they will take - never lie to the head guy!

Multiply the actual time so you'll always finish things early.

Tell them a shorter time than what it will take - then tell them it will take longer over the comm.

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Question 2 of 10

2. Two candidates for Chief Engineer: Candidate A is a strait-laced, by-the-book engineer who follows Starfleet protocols to the letter. Candidate B doesn't always follow protocol and is known for finding 'creative' solutions to problems. Who will end up as Chief Engineer? Hint

A - People who don't always follow the rules have no place on a starship.

A - When you say 'jump' , you want someone who will ask 'how high?'

B - You sometimes need to bring in some 'fun' people so life isn't always so boring.

B - Creative solutions are an extremely important quality.

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Question 3 of 10

3. When faced with an attention-loving computer program that has infiltrated your station's systems, what do you do? Hint

Delete the entire system and start from scratch.

Make a program to contain it and give it attention.

Give the program a virus and send it to the Borg.

Give up and quit - you always wanted to work for Quark anyway.

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Question 4 of 10

4. You've just been offered a promotion to captain. According to an old Scottish man, what should you do? Hint

Accept - Heck, it's a promotion!

Refuse - Chief Engineer is the best position you can ever have.

Refuse - Don't accept anything below admiral.

Accept - You don't want to be stuck hugging an engine your entire life.

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Question 5 of 10

5. You can't get your old ship started so you can play this wargame with the best ship in the fleet. How do you get power? Hint

Give up - it's a fake game anyway, no one's going to die!

Steal a teenager's science project.

See if you can get switched onto the other team - no one wants to lose!

Cobble together a warp core using a shoelace and bubblegum.

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Question 6 of 10

6. A weapon you 'fixed' years ago when you were more of a rebel decides it wants to kill an entire planet, how do you stop it? Hint

Convince the captain the only way to fix the situation is to fire a photon torpedo at it.

Transport aboard and try to reason with/trick it.

You didn't program it... That nameless ensign over there did!

Come down with the flu and hide out in sickbay.

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Question 7 of 10

7. Your captain has proposed the insane idea of going to a Borg vessel in order to liberate some of them so they can become individuals. The mission will entail becoming a Borg drone, always a frightening idea. Do you volunteer? Hint

No - You're needed on the ship to help get the captain (and whomever else) back.

No - is the captain insane? Actually trying to become drones? Have captain committed.

Yes - the mission has the best chance of succeeding if you're there to help.

Yes - You're sick of your significant other anyway and it seems like an easy way to get some shoreleave when you get back.

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Question 8 of 10

8. Do you prefer Cardassian technology over Federation when running a station? Hint

Yes - It's fun to watch those recent Academy graduates struggle with an alien technology.

Yes - it's a bit clumsy, but easier to modify than Federation technology.

No - Cardassian technology is insane - just replace the whole thing with Federation!

No - I can't even read the stuff and they expect me to run the whole station? I'm going home.

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Question 9 of 10

9. The warp core is about to breach! The entire ship is going to explode! What do you do? Hint

Be the first one out the door - you're not going to die!

Turn off the holodeck - this is a nightmare that makes you wet your pants.

Make sure everyone stays in engineering and tries to contain the breach.

Send everyone else out of engineering, you stay and try to dump the core.

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Question 10 of 10

10. There's a stellar core fragment about to hit a colony. How do you get enough power to move the thing without overloading the circuits? Hint

Use the blind guy's VISOR technology to avoid overloading the circuits.

Send the beam through the deflector dish.

You don't - evacuate the stupid colony.

Don't worry about this problem - you can always fix it later.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. According to a Scottish engineer, what should you tell your captain when he asks how long a repair will take?

Answer: Multiply the actual time so you'll always finish things early.

"TNG" episode "Relics" - Scotty gives LaForge this advice and says that it helps keep up one's reputation as a 'miracle worker'. Also, apparently O'Brien also follows this idea.

Answer: B - Creative solutions are an extremely important quality.

"Voy" episode "Parallax" - Janeway had to decide between Carey and Torres. However, at the start of the episode Torres had just broken Carey's nose so her prospects didn't look too good. But Janeway listened to Chakotay and decided to consider Torres for the position.

In the staff meeting, her ideas where so creative and intelligent that she and Janeway got on quite well - and Torres was promoted.

3. When faced with an attention-loving computer program that has infiltrated your station's systems, what do you do?

Answer: Make a program to contain it and give it attention.

"DS9" episode "The Forsaken" - O'Brien and company were trying to download information from a random, unknown probe (always a good idea, by the way). But the program kept crashing the computer system and O'Brien decided it was like a puppy. He created a little program to keep the little dog... er, program occupied and that was that.

4. You've just been offered a promotion to captain. According to an old Scottish man, what should you do?

Answer: Refuse - Chief Engineer is the best position you can ever have.

"TNG" episode "Relics" - Scotty told LaForge to cherish his time as Chief Engineer because it is the best time. And besides, captain has all that responsibility - saving the ship and all.

5. You can't get your old ship started so you can play this wargame with the best ship in the fleet. How do you get power?

Answer: Steal a teenager's science project.

"TNG" episode "Peak Performance" - Riker was commanding a crew who had to get this derelict ship space-worthy in a couple days. And nothing worked on the ship. So Wesley offered up his science project to connect it to their ship's warp core in order to get some power. And it's a good thing because the Ferengi came and wanted to destroy Riker's ship!

6. A weapon you 'fixed' years ago when you were more of a rebel decides it wants to kill an entire planet, how do you stop it?

Answer: Transport aboard and try to reason with/trick it.

"Voy" episode "Dreadnought" - B'Elanna had re-programmed a Cardassian weapon so it would kill a Cardassian fuel depot. However, that nasty Caretaker pulled the weapon into the Delta Quadrant and it decided to go after an innocent planet. B'Elanna beamed over and tried to disarm it two ways: trying to get it to realize those innocents weren't Cardassians and tricking it into letting her disarm it.

Answer: Yes - the mission has the best chance of succeeding if you're there to help.

"Voy" episode "Unimatrix Zero" - Janeway was perfectly willing to go alone, but B'Elanna and Tuvok volunteer to go too as it would increase the odds of success. Tom, of course, was upset about this. Once turned into a drone, B'Elanna was the lucky recipient of a vocal processor that made her sound like she had a bad cold.

8. Do you prefer Cardassian technology over Federation when running a station?

Answer: No - Cardassian technology is insane - just replace the whole thing with Federation!

"Deep Space Nine" O'Brien was always fiddling with the Cardassian technology, and always complaining how crazy it was set up. But he never went home - his offers to request a transfer were because Keiko was unhappy on Deep Space Nine. I think Miles would sell Molly to get a real Federation station!

9. The warp core is about to breach! The entire ship is going to explode! What do you do?

Answer: Send everyone else out of engineering, you stay and try to dump the core.

In "The Next Generation," LaForge would typically run with the rest of the engineering crew. In "Voyager," B'Elanna usually kicked everyone else in engineering and would try to fix the problem herself. (After all, if the thing explodes, you're all dead anyway.) In the "Voy" episode "Renaissance Man," Chakotay (actually the Doctor, but that's beside the point) orders an evacuation due to a core breach. B'Elanna tries to stay, but Chakotay says that she shouldn't risk her unborn child's health.

10. There's a stellar core fragment about to hit a colony. How do you get enough power to move the thing without overloading the circuits?

Answer: Use the blind guy's VISOR technology to avoid overloading the circuits.

"TNG" episode "The Masterpiece Society" - LaForge and a member of the colony (Hannah) could not figure out what to do about this problem. So, they did as all typical engineers do and began chatting. Hannah starts asking about Geordi's VISOR, specifically how he avoids sensory overload.

This gets them thinking about how to use the VISOR technology in order to avoid overloading the circuits.

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